With an urgent speech about migration, identity and democracy, the renowned political scientist has It is Ypi On Thursday evening at Wiener Judenplatz The audience touches and stimulated to think. The event found the series “Nest of Europe” instead of together from the Viennese festival weeksthe First foundation and that Institute for the Sciences of Human (IWM) is organized. Around 450 listeners: inside were gathered on the pitch and donated spontaneous applause several times.
Ypi spoke about the statue of the writer Gotold Ephraim Lessing on Judenplatz and took its legacy to the starting point of her criticism of Europe’s dealings with migration. With personal experiences and ingenious analysis, she showed how closely migration issues are linked to the basic political, social and moral challenges of Europe.
“A migrant is both a world citizen and worldless,” said Ypi. “A migrant is alienated both cosmopolitan and the world.”
It turned against the division into “good” and “bad” migrants: inside and criticized a system that prefers wealth and systematically excludes wealth. She warned of a policy that said goodbye to the values of the Enlightenment and drew parallels to the darkest chapters in European history.
Finally, YPI appealed to the responsibility of Europe:
“It is not the promise to make the West” Great Again “, but the commitment to freedom, equality and a world in which no one is forced to leave his home, puts the promise of Europe to the test.”
Many were recognized by many as a brave, necessary contribution in the current debate about migration, citizenship and European solidarity.
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